William
Woollacott
Born in Wales, United Kingdom
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Anna (Williams) Woollacott
— married
24 Oct 1838 in Clerkenwell, London
Husband of
Mary (Wakelin) Woollacott
— married
3 Jul 1869 in Burra, South Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Jane (Woolacott) Clode, Sarah Ann (Woollacott) Eichler, Esther (Woollacott) Eichler and Thomas Henry Woollacott
Died
at age 64
in Nelson Town, Burra, South Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2020
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Biography
William was born in 1816. He passed away in 1881.
William was born in 1820, in Wales.
William Woollacott and his young family immigrated to the South Australian Colony in 1848 on the Richardson. He was an employee of Messrs Schneider & Co Smelters.
He passed away in 1881 in Burra in South Australia and is buried in the Burra Cemetery, Burra, South Australia, Australia.
Sources
- 1841 Wales Census - Class: HO107; Piece: 1426; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Swansea; County: Glamorgan; Enumeration District: 11; Folio: 15; Page: 22; Line: 15; GSU roll: 464333
- Death "Family Notices" The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) 20 May 1881: 4. <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30816048>.
- https://www.geni.com/people/William-Woollacott/6000000016559278270?through=6000000023180797050
- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) of Saturday 7 October 1848, Page 1. first accessed on TROVE on the 3rd of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158926609?searchTerm=Richardson%20ships%20voyage%20South%20Australia%20barque%20master%20Swansea
- Passengers for 1848 from PASSENGERS IN HISTORY: An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum
- Find a Grave, database and images accessed 04 February 2023, memorial page for William Woollacott (1816–13 May 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #186071414, citing Burra Cemetery, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Krutz (contributor 48848074).
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- South Australia, Burra - Mary Allen or Mary Waklend? Feb 10, 2020.
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Categories: Wales, Needs Birth Record | Burra Cemetery, Burra, South Australia | England Needs Marriage Record | South Australia, Immigrants from Wales | Wales, Emigrants | Burra, South Australia | Richardson, Arrived 3 Oct 1848
I was able to find William and Mary's immigration details to South Australia on the Richardson to confirm they are the same people.
Regards
Danny Stapleton in Canberra Australia
The 1868 Marriage entry lists her as Mary Allen, but her father as William Waklend. No entries found under Waklend or Wakeland. Other genealogy sites use "Mary Waklend", possibly her original maiden name, and Allen being from an earlier marriage. (Marital status: W) It would seem William Woolacott's age is understated in this document.
Ah, second marriage.
edited by Alan Salt
Wm. Woolacott wife and four children, and Mrs Williams, in the steerage.
1848 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 7 October, p. 1. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158926609